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Some time ago, not sure when or why, we started collecting elephants. Now finding a place for an elephant can be difficult, but since these were small elephants made of wood or ceramics, we just needed a small place, but something that would allow each unique elephant to be seen. We have a beautiful old desk with many shelves and slots, and our elephant collection stands out very nicely there. One fun thing about such a collection is looking for just the right elephant to add to it, and it is also fun to remember where each... [More]

Right behind my house is an old railroad line that has been converted into a hiking and biking trail called the American Tobacco Trail , and about a mile down, a creek runs under the trail. Of course, several other smaller creeks and run-offs converge to form this creek, and years ago, the railroad owners built a couple of pipes to allow the creek to keep flowing under the railroad tracks. After a big rain, the creek swells up and the flow through the pipes increases, but I don't have a way to know which of those... [More]

After a colder than normal winter in North Carolina, Spring is finally here. While today's high of 45F is nearly 20 degrees below normal, this past Saturday gave a taste of Spring with a beautiful, sunny 74F day. After hibernating most of the Winter, these turtles came out in force at a local pond to see what is new under the sun.
So what else is new this Spring? It is the new ITM HMC Base agent v6.2.2.3, and it might replace your CEC Base agent. If you have used the CEC Base agent, you have probably know the requirement that the AIX... [More]

This is embarrassing! While we always encourage users to upgrade to the latest AIX TL and SP levels, AIX 6.1 TL 8 will cause the aixDataProvider-61 process to core on the AIX Premium and VIOS Premium agents. AIX 6.1 TL 8 is the underlying AIX for VIOS 2.2.2, so that is why the VIOS agent also has this problem. Earlier, the AIX Premium agent also had a core problem on AIX 7.1 TL1. The good news is that these problems are resolved in the following interim fixes: 6.2.2.2-TIV-ITM_AIX_PREM-IF0005 6.2.2.2-TIV-ITM_VIOS_PREM-IF0004 It is... [More]